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ISMAILIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 876 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISMAILIA , a See also:

town of See also:Lower See also:Egypt, the central station on the See also:Suez See also:Canal, on the N.W. See also:shore of See also:Lake Timsa, about 50 m. from the Mediterranean and the Red See also:Sea, and 93 M. N.E. of See also:Cairo by See also:rail. Pop. (1907) 10,393. It was laid out in 1863, in connexion with the construction of the canal, and is named after the See also:khedive See also:Ismail. It is divided into two quarters by the road leading from the landing-See also:place to the railway station, and has numerous public offices, warehouses and other buildings, including a See also:palace of the khedive, used as a See also:hospital during the See also:British military operations in 1882, but subsequently allowed to fall into a dilapidated See also:condition. The broad macadamized streets and See also:regular squares bordered with trees give the town an attractive See also:appearance; and it has the See also:advantage, a rare one in Egypt, of being surrounded on three sides by flourishing gardens. The Quai Mehemet See also:Ali, which lies along the canal for upwards of a mile, contains the chalet occupied by See also:Ferdinand de See also:Lesseps during the See also:building of the canal. At the end of the See also:quay are the See also:works for supplying See also:Port Said with See also:water. On the other See also:side of the lake are the so-called Quarries of the Hyenas, from which the building material for the town was obtained.

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